About

JoY’s Mission

To build community connections and to support the diverse community of Jewish employees.
To develop a network of Jewish staff at all levels.
To support the professional development of Jewish staff across the campus.
To promote recruitment, hiring, retention and advancement of Jewish staff at Yale University.
To celebrate and explore the diversity of Jewish experiences, culture, and history.

Leadership

Michael Weiss

Michael has been Jewish as long as he can remember and was a founding member of the Jews of Yale group from its grassroots days. He currently works in the Library IT department at Sterling Memorial Library as his day job here at Yale. He has completed his first year as a co-chair of JoY and looks forward to his second year.

Matthew Schlager

Matthew joined the Yale School of Public Health as a staff member in the Data Science Data Equity initiative, where he supports the Associate Dean in her work. Prior to joining YSPH, Matt was employed at the Yale New Haven Heath System, in the Legal & Risk Services Department for 18 years.

Matt and his family enjoy taking care of their yard, and outdoor planting as well as the occasional road trip.

Committees

Outreach

Programming

Public Relations